Georgina Starr’s 2006 LAFVA-funded Theda will be showing at Pinksummer gallery in Genova, Italy, from 7 December in what will be Starr's third solo exhibition at the gallery.

Following the gallery opening Theda will be screened with live accompaniment from Domenico Caliri at Palazzo Ducale.

Theda was premiered, as a single screen piece ,as part of a FLAMIN and Artprojx event at the Prince Charles Cinema in London last year, where it was accompanied by a live soundtrack performed by the London Improvisers Orchestra.

The work examines the vicarious nature of the cinematic experience and explores the silent film form through image and live sound. Experimenting with performance styles and narrative techniques Starr considers the movie screen as a mirror and how we use film fiction to explore and escape our own identity.

As well as the art of Theda Bara, Starr draws from many of the masters of the silent era; from the great early film-makers Louis Feuillade and Carl Th. Dreyer, to the German expressionist theatre of Max Reinhardt, and the theories and pre-1900 acting techniques of Francois Delsarte. She also looks to the lost or neglected talent of other actresses such as Alla Nazimova, Barbara La Marr, Marguerite Clark, Musidora, Maud Allen and many more.

Georgina Starr has been making large-scale video and film installations for the past 12 years. Her subjects are extraordinarily varied and her diverse body of work has incorporated video, film, animation, photography, music, writing and performance.

Her works have been exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, New York; Venice Biennale; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Kunsthalle Wien. Solo exhibitions include Tate Britain, London; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Kunsthalle Zurich; Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art, Malmo and the Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam.

More information can be found via the gallery website.